Michael Bay Dot ComAnd the fat lady sings!
From the NYTimes… [ Read more ]:
HD DVD, the beloved format of Toshiba and three Hollywood studios, died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was determined to be the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only high-definition DVDs and players using the Blu-ray format.
The announcement by Wal-Mart Stores, the nation’s largest retailer of DVDs, that it would stop selling the discs and machines in June when supplies are depleted comes after decisions this week by Best Buy, the largest electronics retailer, to promote Blu-ray as its preferred format and Netflix, the DVD-rental service, to stock only Blu-ray movies, phasing out HD DVD by the end of this year.Last year, Target, one of the top sellers of electronics, discontinued selling HD DVD players in its stores, but continued to sell them online.“The fat lady has sung,” said Rob Enderle, a technology industry analyst in Silicon Valley.
Verizon Taps High-Octane Filmmaker Michael Bay for New FiOS Advertising Campaign
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Celebrated filmmaker Michael Bay will be the first celebrity featured in a new advertising campaign for Verizon FiOS TV and FiOS Internet services. Themed “This is FiOS; This is Big,” the new campaign — created for Verizon by McCann Erickson, New York — showcases the groundbreaking services delivered over Verizon’s advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers’ homes.
“Michael Bay is a larger-than-life figure because he’s a powerful game-changer,” said John Wimsatt, senior vice president of marketing for Verizon Telecom.… [ Read more ]
Mike speaks on Blu-ray
Michael Bay Relishes Blu-ray’s Victories
Author: FRED TOPEL
TransformersWhen Paramount Home Entertainment decided to support HD DVD exclusively, Michael Bay was vocally opposed. Since the decision came just as his Transformers would debut on high-definition home video, Bay threatened to back out of the sequel.
He took back his drastic comments and is hard at work developing Transformers 2, but now that Blu-ray is the format that is gaining momentum, Bay cannot help but remind us he told us so.
“Blu-ray’s better, and I told everyone,” Bay said at the Visual Effects Society’s sixth annual award show, where he presented the award for animated character in a motion picture.… [ Read more ]
Bay Hosts Transformers Tech Show
From Variety… [ Read more ]:
Transformers director Michael Bay returned to the scene of the crime Thursday night at the Cary Grant mixing stage at the Sony lot to revisit the Oscar-nominated achievements in VFX and sound. The place was packed with filmmaking geeks eager to hear and see the behind-the-scenes machinations that go into a formidable FX epic like Transformers.
It was tough for Bay to go back, he admitted after the show, as he’s already deep into pre-production on Transformers 2, which is set to start filming on June 2.
Transformers wins 4 awards at the VES
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From the Hollywood Reporter… [ Read more ]:
“Transformers” on Sunday won four Visual Effects Society Awards, including the top prize for outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven film.
In addition to the top award, “Transformers” won trophies for single visual effect of the year, for its desert highway sequence; models and miniatures; and compositing. Collecting the top prize were Scott Farrar, Shari Hanson, Russell Earl and Scott Benza.